Akukho nto ngaphandle koKrestu Obethelelwe emnqamlezweni
UPawulos weza ngabom engenabo ubuchule bokuthetha obumangalisayo, koko enoKrestu yedwa obethelelwe emnqamlezweni, ukuze ukholo lwabo lume phezu kwamandla kaBawo wethu, kungekhona phezu kobuchule bomthethi. Ubulumko abufundisayo bufihlakele, balungiswa ngaphambi kokuqala kwamaxesha, buvele kuphela njengoko uMoya kaBawo wethu ubutyhila.
2 1Ukufika kwam kuni, bazalwana, andibuvakalisanga ubungqina bukaBawo wethu ngamazwi amahle okanye ngobulumko. 2Kuba ndagqiba kwelokuba ndingazi nto phakathi kwenu, ngaphandle koYesu Krestu, yena obethelelwe emnqamlezweni. 3Ndeza kuni ndibuthathaka, ndinoloyiko, nangokungcangcazela okukhulu. 4Intetho yam nokushumayela kwam akuxhomekekanga kumazwi acengayo obulumko, koko kubungqina boMoya oyiNgcwele namandla, 5ukuze ukholo lwenu lungami phezu kobulumko babantu, kodwa phezu kwamandla kaBawo wethu.
6Siyabuthetha ke ubulumko phakathi kwabakhulileyo—bungebubo ubulumko beli xesha, nobabaphathi beli xesha, abo batshabalalayo. 7Hayi, sithetha ubulumko bukaBawo wethu, imfihlelo efihlakeleyo awayimisela uBawo wethu ngaphambi kokuqala kwamaxesha, ngenxa yozuko lwethu. 8Akukho namnye kubaphathi beli xesha owayeyazi; ukuba babeyazi, ngebengayibethelelanga emnqamlezweni iNkosi yozuko. 9Njengoko kubhaliwe kwathiwa: “Oko kungazange kubonwe liliso, kungezwa ndlebe, kungacingwa ntliziyo yamntu—ezo zinto uBawo wethu uzilungisele abo bamthandayo.”
10Kodwa uBawo wethu wazityhila kuthi ngoMoya; kuba uMoya uphengulula zonke izinto, kwanezinzulu zikaBawo wethu. 11Ngubani na owaziyo izicamango zomntu, ngaphandle komoya wakhe okuye? Ngokunjalo ke, akukho namnye owaziyo izicamango zikaBawo wethu, ngaphandle koMoya kaBawo wethu. 12Thina asamkelanga umoya weli hlabathi, koko uMoya ovela kuBawo wethu, ukuze sizazi izinto asibabale ngazo uBawo wethu. 13Sizithetha ezi zinto, kungekho ngamazwi afundiswa bubulumko babantu, koko afundiswa nguMoya, sicacisa izinto zokomoya kubantu bokomoya. 14Umntu ongenaye uMoya akazamkeli izinto ezivela kuMoya kaBawo wethu; bubudenge kuye, kananjalo akanako ukuziqonda, kuba zahlulwa ngokomoya. 15Umntu ongowokomoya uyazahlula zonke izinto, kodwa yena akagwetywa namnye. 16Kuba, “ngubani na oyaziyo ingqondo kaBawo wethu, ukuze amyale?” Kodwa thina sinayo ingqondo kaKrestu.
